joining me now is syndicated talk show host john bachelor. good evening, john. ahmadinejad wants to wipe israel off the map, annihilate israel, eliminate israel. and i want to ask a simple question that law professor from harvard asked. do you believe that the united states including president obama takes them seriously, ahmadinejad is saying this stuff, do you believe our government understands their determination? >> yes, i do, larry. i think the president and the national security apparatus understands that the regime is on its way out but they are firmly in control of a predatory state that all of that represents a threat to the region to the gulf and to the world. the president of the united states in his remarks to the united nations on monday, i'm told, however, was making it very clear to the leadership in tehran that nothing, nothing will happen between now and november 6th. we've called off the dogs, larry. they know they're free for the next six weeks. >> that can't be a good thing, john. let me pursue this for a second. you're saying that the ruling